; 35th Infantry Regiment (Cacti) Association

Cacti War Stories Index


Welcome to War Stories!!

In this part of our website we are providing space for our members to post their stories from their war. While war always has its stories of battle and heroics, there's often the other side. The bit of humor that we all remember. In this section you're likely to find stories of both kinds. And if you want to tell YOUR story, send it to Tiny here.


Select one of the following stories. New stories are flagged in red.

    

    

    

    

    

    

    

    

    

    

    

GI Cowboy  Mel Oldham  HQ 35th I  WW 2  1943-45  

GI Ingenuity   Mel Oldham  HQ 2/35th  WW 2  1943-45  

Valentines day 1968  Miles "Surf" Sawvel Jr  Delta 1/35th  Vietmam  February 14th 1968  

3 How I Got to Be Acting platoon Leader  Dwight F Davis  Charl 2/35th  Vietnam  1969-70  

6 The Good Chaplin  Dwight F Davis 2/35th  Vietnam  1969-70  

The Joy of Bathing  Dwight F Davis  Charl 2/35th  Vietnam  1969-70  

4 The legend of Hua  Dwight F Davis  Charl 2/35th  Vietnam  1969-70  

The LT Has a Jungle Hammock  Dwight F Davis  Charl 2/35th  Vietnam  1969-70  

2 French's Monkey  Dwight Davis  Charl 2/35th  Vietnam  1969-70  

1 Stories from Dwight Davis  Dwight Davis  Charl 2/35th  Vietnam  1969-70  

Getting Ready  Curtis Gay  Alpha 2/35th  Vietnam  12 March 1967  A gripping account of the Cacti at war in 1967

Cacti in the Navy?  Frank L Marks 35th I  WW II  1942  

Getting Ready  Frank L Marks 35th I  WW II  1942  

A Shower  Leigh Thomas  Recon 2/35th  Vietnam  1969/70  

MEDEVAC June 15  James "Doc" Hall  Bravo 2/35th  Vietnam  June 15, 1970  

*Operation Eldest Son  Don Latella, Rick White, Major 2/35th  Vietmam  July 1968  

Alpha 1/35th October 9th 1967  Dick Arnold & Tim Peters  Alpha 1/35th  Vietnam  Oct. 9th 1967  

A True Believer  Richard "Dick" Arnold  Alpha 1/35th  Vietnam  09/09/1967  A tribute to David Farley KIA Sept. 9th 1967

Little Doc  Brent McCellan  Charl 2/35th  Vietnam  Sept. 30th 1968  A Eulogy for Timoth Sines KIA Sept. 30th 1968

Who We Need to Thank  John Morgan  Delta 2/35th  Vietnam  1967-68  

A Pacifist Medic Dies Beside a Soldier  Robert Pearman- Kansas City Ti  A, B, 2/35th  Vietnam  11-12 March 1967  

Fast Eddie and the Mechanical Ambush  Jim "Doc" Hall  Bravo 2/35th  Vietnam  July 1970  

7 July 1996  Gary Cooper S&S Staff Correspo  Charl 1/35th  Vietnam  7 July1966  

An R & R to Remember  John Morgan  Delta 2/35th  Vietnam  Dec.1967  

Luck of the Stupid  Art Hughes  Bravo 1/35th  Vietnam  1967  

Ghosts  Art Hughes  Bravo 1/35th  Vietnam  1968  

A Difference my Son Made  John Morgan  Delta 2/35th  Vietnam  1967-68  

Day from Hell Continued  John Morgan  Delta 2/35th  Vietnam  May 1968  

Ole Didn't Joke Much in Them Days  Jim "Doc" Hall  Bravo 2/35th  May 1970  

My Experiences with the 35th Infantry Regiment  Charles R. Sheaffer  Hotel 2/35th  WW II  1943-1945  

The Coffin Corner  Don Blankin  Charl 2/35th  Vietnam  Fall 1968  

Hock's Night Out  David N. Muxo  Bravo 1/35th  Vietnam  1969/70  

Day From Hell  John Morgan  Delta 2/35th  Vietnam  3 April 1968  

Highway Security  Kevin Ryder  Delta 2/35th  Vietnam  1969  

Three's Company  Peter Birrow  Bravo 2/35th  Vietnam  February 1969  Asian "Three Pete"

Easter Sunday - Part 2  Mike Slyck  Bravo 2/35th  Vietnam  March 29th 1970  

Easter Sunday  Jim "Doc" Hall  Bravo 2/35th  Vietnam  March 29th 1970  

Those 55 Gallon Drums  Rocco "Doc" DeRosa  Bravo 2/35th  Vietnam  1967  

Lessons Learned  John Lorts  Bravo 2/35th  Vietnam- Japan  1967  

Puckered  Wiley Dodd  Recon 2/35th  Vietnam  1969  

The First Time  Dick Arnold  Alpha 1/35th  Vietnam  June 1 1967  

What a Difference a Year Makes  Kevin Ryder 2/35th  Vietnam  1968  

Plei-Trap Remembered  Bob Kilpatrick 119th  Vietnam  March 1969  

But I know Morse Code  Terry Savely  HHC 2/35th  Vietnam  8/68  

A Near Casualty of War  Hoyt Mason  HHC 1/35th  Vietnam  1967  

The World meets Vietnam  Kevin Ryder  Delta 2/35th  Vietnam  July 1968  

The Snake  Vaughn Brauer  Bravo 2/35th  Vietnam  June 1966  

Laughing to keep from Crying  Wiley "Tiny" Dodd  Recon 2/35th  Vietnam  1969  

Remember When  Bob Maves  Bravo 2/35th  1969-70  

No Please Damn It, Just Keep Your Steak  Dick Arnold  A 1/35th  Vietnam  

Odd Things Remembered and Not Yet Forgotten  Dick Arnold  A 1/35th  Vietnam  

My Mother the Patriot  Dick Arnold  A 1/35th  Vietnam  

Rappeling Mission  Len Calabree  Recon 2/35th  Vietnam  September 1969  

18 May 1969  Wiley Dodd  Recon 2/35th  Vietnam  18 May 1969  

Tuesday Morning  Wiley Dodd  Recon  Vietnam  16 March 1969  

29 March 1969  Wiley Dodd  Recon 2/35th  Vietnam  29 March 1969  

A Formidable Foe  Ray Gleason  A Co 2/35th  Vietnam  1968  

Korean Nights  Fred Miller  Korea  

Killing Crabs the Hard Way  Roger Ellis  Thailand  

Just Another Day in the Nam  Jim Doc Hall  Bravo 2/35th  Vietnam  April 24 1970  

His Name Was Roger  Jim "Doc" Hall  B Co 2/35th  1970